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Jordan public debt equals 71.8% of GDP

Published on July 24, 2013 | 12:18 AM

Pedestrians pass by the Central Bank of Jordan in Amman on Sunday. Jordan’s ministry of finance said the public debt of the Kingdom represented 71.8% of its gross domestic product (GDP) in 2013. The ministry added in a statement that external debt during the first five months this year was $7.5bn, or 22.4% of projected GDP for 2013. External debt services during the January-May period was $52.4bn, or $28.9bn in instalments and $23.5bn in interests, said the ministry.